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@am 16, i923 M. L. LwEL/Y RAT TRAP Filed April 10, 1923 .Patentediiinaroirnirrnrin.'Liinnfor:arnnixiregenoiaeia' 7 a Y ...I-earlier To(all idiom tjmag/-eogiicern p D Y Jia citizen'of the UnitedStates, re-

siCinn` Atlanta, V and ltaevof @reorgim-haueinvented ay neit7 d Y u lRat Trappof fi speciiication.i,' e

invention relates toeniinal traps and is ymore particularly designed for'Capturing 'l U rodents. Y

rilllie obgect of the invention is-to providegtrap olt this characterwhich is strong and qui/lr acting. being equipped'with a trigger'vcontrolled plunge-r .for c lainpingly catching Y to theposition shownin F ig. 3 and inv which" position-.said plunger Willbe held by saidtriggeruntilit is moved laterally a1 sufilcieiitV l5 the animal andkilling it. f"

lWitli the foregoing V'and'other objects in view which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the-coinbination andarrangement or" parts and in the .letails of constructionhereinaterdescribed and claimed, it beingl understood that changes inthey precise enibodimentfof the iiiventionlierein disclosed inay be madeWithin the scope of what is claimt-idl WithoutV 25 departing from the'spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawings i Y Figure l representsga top plan view ofinvention. .Y M .I

Fig'. '2 is a longitudinal vertical section a trap constructed inaccordance Withfthis'` thereof taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, andA 3is a side elevation with parts broken out and in section.

In the embodiment illustrated, a supportand said skirt. Y

i heavy'wire spring 8 encircles the tube 5 arbore .the top 3 beingsecuredat one end transversely through the rod. VThis spring is `securedto the top 3 so that when the yrneinber 5 is raised into the settingpositionl y, 1 g shoivnfinFig. 3. litwill be placed under tenknown Athatl, ili/laiiioN' LUTHER iii' theV county of Fulton flowered Without beingretarded by the trigi ing base l is shown having. aplurality ofvsupporters 2 rising therefrom and siipportf This rod 5 has threadedconnection at rlhis skirt 7 is designed` to strike .the animal fromabove When'the trigger isV released and clamp it between the base 1l tosaid top and at the other end tothe rod r` 5 as shown at 9, the springend extending` Sien for Si.

resently to be described.

Wire orcrossbar l2, the ends oWhi/ch are nringingthe trap in f'a manneri'jbait earryingtriggerrodyjfl is swingrn y ably mounted 5in'thefftopr 3byfineansv of a. which the follow?.

secured to fthetopf'.Y 'andextendthrough V,Oppositelyi disposedf'slots`l0 `formed inthe `tnbefso thatfsaidtube maybe vraised and ger.` .Thistrigger rod lilias a shofulderl3-v nearv itspivoted end Whichfisfdesigned4 to] y fhoolrunder the lower face of the disk-'like plate orpliingerl `when the latter is raised distance to release-the shoulderfrom engagement therewith. kThis mounting of the plunger expands thespringk 8, putting itr4 under tensionso thatrwhen the plunger isyreleased, the spring will morey itforcibly downward causing the skirt orband? there! `of to ,patch theanimal krbetween it and the basel.v l lThe trigger ,rod 11 extendsv downwardly to' provided With a plurality ofbait ,holding fingersk 14E Von Which the bait is ii'npaled fand,

securely held so thatiifhen 'the rat or other..

animal 'attempts to removeV it,.the rod 1l Will be swung laterally Yand;release vthe shoulder 13 from theplunger (S'Whioh'kwill :set and yet hasample strength tolrill coniparatively'large animals. y

Various changes in theforin,V shape, proportion and other. minor detailsor' construc-y 8O 4a pointnear the platform or base 1 andy is tion maybemade Without/departing from4` the spirit'or sacrificing anyV oftheadvantages of the claimed'invention;

Ielailnz-r y; l. 'A trap yof the class ydescribed comprisying. asupporting structure, a` spring projected plunger mounted therein, abaitcarrying triggerrod extending loosely through ysaid plungerand havingmeans to releasably.r vengage it, a tubular member carried 'by saidlune'er in which said rod4 o erates andja coiled spring connected withsaid tubular member' and With thestructure whereby the 'Spring` jisplacedV under."tension*when the l .Y '1 plunger is 'retracrtedj Saidtrigger'rod being 1 Y"movablelaterallyto release the plunger. r

2. n a device? orl the cla'ssldescribed, a

supporting base"Y having "standards" rising therefrom, va vtop memberVcarried bysaid v Standards, a tube slidably mounted lnsald j top, aplunger carried by said Atube below said top, a triggerY rod pivotallyvmounted in said top and on which Said tube 'slidesv *said tube havingVoppositely disposed longitudinally extendingijslots for the kpassage ofthe pivot or thetrigger, `and a metal skirt oar#V l ried bysaidplungerr'toftmeiblyetrike theV trapped animal orklling it.v Y

ln a trap of Vthe cla'sspdeserbedpa sup?Y Ypoftmg base, standards risingtherefrom, 'a' f top mounted inr said" standards and' centrallyapertured,"V a depending trigger pivotally ii) mounted 1in 'saidaperture rvand* having bait. A n' -earryingffingers at its lower end, aplunger mounted to reciprocate 1n sa1d structure and having a tubularrodenireling saidtriggerrod, `a coiledspring encireling said plunger rodabove sald top andy connectedy at one end 'b toY the rod and atthekother end to the top whereby the :Spring isplaced under tension"elevating.theplunger, the trigger having a shoulder toengage theplunger to releasably held. it in eleif'ated position,` Said trigger'being movable laterally to.v release the plunger.

yIn 4testimony'that I Claim the foregoingV

